The nurse came in from her walk a little later and took Joan downstairs with her.
"She ought not to talk to more than one person at a time," the nurse explained, with a shake of the head.

She was a quiet, business-like woman.

She would not express a definite opinion.
"It's her mental state that is the trouble," was all that she would say.
"She ought to be getting better.

But she doesn't." "You're not a Christian Scientist, by any chance ?" she asked Joan suddenly.
"No," answered Joan.

"Surely you're not one ?" "I don't know," answered the woman.